When Ford opened up its first Silicon Valley research center in 2012, it was late to the game. Nearly every major automaker had been in the area for years, with BMW and Mercedes staking a claim in the '90s. Now Ford is getting serious, with a new facility and a 125-person team working right down the road from Stanford.»1/22/15 1:55pm 1/22/15 1:55pm

Flying from LA to San Francisco on business is a task normally fraught with stress and rage. But today, my journey begins from a better place. Instead of the gargantuan mess that is LAX, my Uber rolls up to a tiny airport three miles to the east. I start to realize just how different my work commute will be today. »9/29/14 3:12pm 9/29/14 3:12pm

This past week's episode of HBO's Silicon Valleyfeatured a subplot where a character was essentially abducted by a driverless car. While it's certainly funny to watch people on TV taken places against their will and put in grave danger by a malfunctioning robot, could this actually happen? »5/13/14 2:34pm 5/13/14 2:34pm

This video comes to us via Valleywagsince its host, Venture Capitalist's daughter Jesse Draper is taking her YouTube show to the illustrious world of public access television. While this video comes from 2009, us at the Jalopnik World Headquarters Bunker Next To Travis' Apartment had never seen it and boy is it a… »5/06/14 9:00am 5/06/14 9:00am

The year is 1987, the place is Palo Alto and this is Bill Joy, Andy Bechtolsheim, Scott McNealy, and Vinod Khosla — the co-founders of Sun Microsystems. If you haven’t guessed it already, these guys have made it big. »7/05/10 9:15am 7/05/10 9:15am

Two years before even the original Macintosh was introduced, Apple’s then-and-current CEO was pictured for a National Geographic Magazine feature on Silicon Valley, riding a 1966 BMW motorcycle. »2/19/10 11:00am 2/19/10 11:00am

The new electric supercar named after the guy who gave his name to the band who gave us Little Suzi was set for a proper unveiling tomorrow. The Internet being what it is, photos of the roadster — once reported to be based on the Lotus Elise — leaked a day early. No specs yet kids, but they'll be Cumin Atcha Live… »7/19/06 9:36pm 7/19/06 9:36pm

We've heard from a source with even more of a rep than our previous source that although Tesla Motors has a relationship with Lotus, the final product will not be the Elise, everyone's favorite psychotic supper, with the Toyota mill replaced with batteries and spinny electrical devices. Meanwhile, Tommy Skeoch and… »6/09/06 9:08pm 6/09/06 9:08pm

What can $40 million in venture capital funding buy a prospective builder of upscale electric sports cars? According to one reader, who claims to have an inside track into the Tesla Roadster project, it's a straightforward formula: »6/08/06 11:19am 6/08/06 11:19am

A group of dot-com cowboys of the modern day are planning to stand the electric-car industry on its dainty, little ear. Actually, the group is covering similar ground as the Venturi F tish, Mullen GT and Wrightspeed EV — all big-bucks, performance-oriented EVs. They're building a new, high-tech — and high-end —… »6/07/06 8:22am 6/07/06 8:22am